Razor blade holder



July 18, 1933. w. D. HlNCHEY RAZOR BLADEQHOLDER Filed May 14, 1930 I N VEN TOR.

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Patented July 18, 1933 WILLIAM I). HINCHEY, OF NEW YORK, 11'. Y.

RAZOR BLADE HOLDER.

This invention relates to razor blade holders for use in sharpening orhoning double edged blades of the type having holes or grooveswherebythey are held in posij'i tion'on the razor. i 1 1 The holder isintended to be used in connection with a sharpener or hone havinga'concave face of semi-circular-shape upon which face the blade issharpened. The

sharpener is preferably made of a block of glass. j 1

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a holder which is''s'o designed that no part of the holder comes between the blade and.the face of the sharpener, thus presenting the 'full extent of bothedges of the blade to the sharpening action of the glass block or hone.

Another objectis to provide the holder with loose positioning pins,which pins, when the holder is held face down on the sharpening block,drop by gravity to hold the blade in position but without exerting anypressure on the face of the sharpening block.

Further objects of the invention will ap-' pear from the followingdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,illustrating a preferred em-. bodiment of the device, in which a Fig. 1is. atop view of the holder,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the holder with the handleport-ion broken away, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4, showing theholder as it is positioned on the sharpening block prior to sharpeningthe razor blade, and

Fig. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof.

Referring now to the drawing, 1 indidicates in general the razor bladeholder which comprises a handle portion 2 and a hollow portion 3. Theportion 3 has a flat upper surface 4 faced with a strip of leather 5upon which the razor blade rests. The leather facing is preferably soattached that it may be easily removed and replaced when desired. Pins6, having enlarged heads 7, extend upwardly from the interior of thehollow portion 3 through holes formed in the blade.

Application filed ma 14, 1930." Serial Nb. 452,245.

its upper surface 4 and through the leather strip,the holesbeingslightly larger than the diameter of the pins to allow the 'pins todrop freely by gravity, for the purpose hereinafter described, when theholder is held face downward. The pins are solocated as to registerwiththe holes or grooves of the usual type of double-edged blade.

The pins 6 locate the blade on the holder and it is maintained in placethereon, when 0 carrying the blade toor from the sharpener, bymeans of aslide 8, which engages over an inner end portion of the blade. The slideis carried on two rods 9 which are movable supported in the lugs 10' ofthe holder 6 and'it is normally held in forward position by means ofsprings 11.

In using the device the blade to be sharpened is placed on the holderwhich is then M presented, face downward, to the concave 7 face 12 ofthe sharpening block or hone 13 with the slide 8 abutting against thestraight front edge 14 of the block. The holder is then pressed inwardlytoward theblock so N as to move the slide 8 back and to release the 7 5blade from engagement therewith, thereby presenting the entire blade tothe sharpener. The holder is now moved up and down along theface of .theblock to sharpen the edges of w This movementtmay either be a' straightup and down one, or a slightly diagonal movement. The angle which theedges of the blade make'with the concave face of the sharpener dependson the amount of downward pressure applied to the holder.

Whenthe blade is in sharpening position on the block, the pins 6 willdrop by gravity downward towards the face 12 of the sharpener and thusserve to maintain the blade in proper relation to the holder. As thepinsare slightly smaller in diameter than the holes through which theyextend there might be some slight sideplay of the blade during .thesharpening movement but this is counteracted by the provision of theleather strip 5 which acts frictionally to hold the blade firmly inplace on the holder. After the sharpening operation is completed theholder is moved slightly away from the front of the block 13 permittingthe slide 8 to rte-.

engage the blade so that the conveniently picked up and sharpener.

It will'be observed that during the sharpening operation the slide isheld in retracted position so that no part of the holder comes betweenthe-blade and the sharpener block. F urthermore,'the provision of theloose pins 6 permits of varying the angle of contact of the blade-edgeswith the face of the sharpener because, as the pins areloose, they willblade may be lifted off the automatically adjust themselves to thevariafiat upper surface upon which the blade rests, blade-positioningpins having enlarged heads mounted in the hollow portion and projectingupward loosely through openings in the face of said portion, said pinsbeing adapted to drop by gravity when the holder i as" v pins beingadapted to drop by spring pressed slide mounted is held face downward,slide engageable with and disengageabl from the blade to hold or releasethe same.

2. A razor blade holder of the character described comprising a handleportion and a ollow portion having a flat upper surface faced withleather upon which the blade rests, blade-positioningvpins havingenlarged heads mounted within the hollow portion of the holder andprojecting upward loosely through openings in the upper surface and anda spring pressed the leather facing of the holder, said pins "beingadapted to drop by gravity when the holder is held face downward, and aspring pressed slide mounted on the holder to engage over a portion ofthe blade, said slide being disengaged from the blade during theoperation of sharpening the latter.

3. A razor blade holder of the character described comprising a handleportion and a blade-supporting portion, having a surface upon which theblade rests, blade-positioning pins mounted on said blade-supportingportion, and projecting upward loosely through openings in the facethereof, said gravity when the holder is held face downward, and a on thholder and engageable with the blade.

i v '95 WILLIAM J HINOHEY.

